Lift Off chords by Mike Shinoda

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: Dm

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
Dm  Am  C  C

Dm             Am
I'm off of the Earth
      C
On a ride, alone


Verse 1:
Dm
Lift off like Virgin Galactic
Am
My Richard's too Branson to fuck with you bastards
C

Very 🏷Legendary, that's some matter-of-fact shit
C
You're the opposite of stars like "rats" spelled backwards
Dm
I flow poems out to Saturn and passed it
Am
Easy as a standard anti-gravity backflip
C
Satellite tracking can't map out my tactics
C
I spit the same shit they split an atom in half with
Dm
No, it's not what I want but it had to be
Am
I spent six months just recharging my battery
C
Imagine me quitting, what a travesty that would be
C
You space shuttle Challengers are nothing but tragedies
Dm
So take care on the path that you're headed
Am
I'm the father to your style, don't you ever forget it
C
I don't drop mikes, only let it smoke where I set it
C
And I don't play, even when they press it, get it?


Chorus:
Dm              Am
I'm off of the Earth
      C
On a ride, alone
Dm           Am
I'm drifting away
        C
Out of time, afloat
Dm             Am
Away from the truth
               C
Away from the night, away from the day
Dm              Am
I'm off of the Earth
      C
On a ride, alone


Verse 2:
Dm
Please brace for impact
Am
Must've went to space and got sent back
                C
But I'm still intact, in fact, take a picture of me
         C
You can see that I'm a star with your lens cracked, Supernova
Dm
In Caesar's Palace, stuntin' on my opponents
           Am
'Cause history'll show we done been to war like Romans
C
Did that dance with the devil, Hell hot as a kettle
C
So it's no wonder why I put this ice on all of my metal
               Dm
And wear that shit like a medal, used to think I was a joker
    Am
No Jared Leto when I said I'd get us out the ghetto
C
Slam my foot on the pedal
C
Book a studio when I couldn't afford instrumentals, Fuck it, record acapella
        Dm
Flyin' coach, dreaming Coachella until they banned me
              Am
Now they like Bambi's mother - dead -
Am
I'm on to these Grammys
             C
I'm rollin' these grams gladly, purple and green like Daphne
C
Shades on like Velma, hair long like Shaggy
         Dm
Crushin' addys in my water, got my voice raspy
         Am
Haven't slept since California and that shit was last week
C
Paranoid when I sleep, but when I'm high, I'm happy
C
That's why I need to kiss the sky when I get stuck in the valley
     Dm
Lift off


Chorus:
Dm              Am
I'm off of the Earth
      C
On a ride, alone
Dm           Am
I'm drifting away
        C
Out of time, afloat
Dm             Am
Away from the truth
               C
Away from the night, away from the day
Dm              Am
I'm off of the Earth
      C
On a ride, alone

Ending:
Dm  Am  C  C (2x)